Emulating the rich and famous as well as coping with stress accounts for a burgeoning drinking culture in Pakistan, says Dr Ali.

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In 1998 Birmingham City Council withdrew plans to publish an information booklet for young people dealing with alcohol, bereavement, eating disorders, racism, smoking and coping with stress as well as issues related to sexuality and dealing with prejudice.

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Suicide "can also represent the learned or transmitted way of coping with unbearable stress, " Peterson said.

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In addition to finding work (no small challenge) and managing the stresses of marriage and parenthood, some returning soldiers are also coping with a host of health problems including post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury and addiction that can potentially increase the risk of suicide.

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Ilan Meyer, a senior scholar at UCLA's School of Law, offers an explanation for these disparities through the "Theory of Minority Stress, " which suggests that these health inequities may be rooted in discrimination, with negative health behaviors acting as coping mechanisms for repeated exposure to stigma-related stress.

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